Just seen Scotland u20s had a warm up game against the Washington DC pro side and won 70 - 7

Genuinely didn't think the talent difference would be so big

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The provincial A sides played games earlier and none of them were close. They weren't even proper A sides due to the timing of it. The standard must be very low. I wouldn't be surprised if an AIL team would be able to win it.

Does anyone know the UK broadcast situation for this tourney? Had a little Google and the results seemed to imply merely highlights until the semi's, then the semi's and final will be shown live (all on ITV)?

The provincial A sides played games earlier and none of them were close. They weren't even proper A sides due to the timing of it. The standard must be very low. I wouldn't be surprised if an AIL team would be able to win it.

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Old Glory played Shannon two weeks ago and were man handled in the first half but made it a game in the second.

I'm fairly confident every team in Western Province Super League A would win probably 75% of their games in the league and Maties would never lose or have a close game.

I'd imagine that the best teams in AIL would be able to clean up shop pretty easily.

Shannon finished bottom of the AIL Division 1A and have been relegated to 1B. That they as an established team beat an upstart Old Glory side who'd never played together shouldn't be a surprise though. Cork Con, Lansdowne and Clontarf would be very strong in MLR. I could see quite a few AIL players who've missed out on deals with the provinces and don't fancy playing in shitholes in the RFU Championship picking up contracts in the US.

That's not to criticize MLR. You have to start somewhere and the league is building slowly. It can only help US rugby to have as many players playing professionally as possible.

Does anyone know the UK broadcast situation for this tourney? Had a little Google and the results seemed to imply merely highlights until the semi's, then the semi's and final will be shown live (all on ITV)?

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S4C are showing the Wales games Live. First game v Arg on Tuesday @ 5pm.